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Originally Posted by dynalow
Pretty accurate summation, but Chappaquidick was a noose around his neck. Not so much by Carter, as I recall, but it was painted as a character flaw he couldn't overcome.
Was the WIN effort anything more than a pin? 
Well, we survived.  |
At the time I thought that Carter did not make more of it because it would have just looked like Carter was piling on Kennedy due to personal reasons and not reasons having to do with his ability to lead the country.
But there was no way for Ted to make it sound like an accomplishment. It was a perfect storm of personal flaws. Drinking, womanizing, lying, etc...... all rolled into one event.